Automation and robustness (Excel next step 4) | venues |
Reduce tasks that take hours or days to minutes by automating them with macros.
Make it easy to use your spreadsheets with, say, a button click replacing a 50-step procedure.
Create reliable, maintainable formula links between Excel files.
Build robust, simple-to-use spreadsheets for others.

The GenieMini add-in, to speed up many common tasks and to help apply conventions and good practices.

Multiple-place discount: 10% off for three or more places booked on the same course.

Refreshments and lunch included in the price.

A course certificate upon request.

Who should attend:

Solid grounding (Excel fundamentals)
Beginners who want to start with good habits, and those who are rusty or have shameful habits.

Best-practice essentials (Excel next step 1)
All Excel users except beginners.
You should be comfortable with the course agenda items of the Solid grounding (Excel fundamentals)
course.
This is a course that advanced Excel users should also attend, as it covers spreadsheet design conventions, good practice and use of styles for formatting. Even advanced users probably won't know 80% of this.

Powerful formulas and clear reporting (Excel next step 2)
Excel users who can already create basic SUM and arithmetic formulas. Prior attendance at the
Best-practice essentials (Excel next step 1) course is not mandatory, though it would be useful. For those
who want to: (i) master commonly-used powerful formulas; (ii) present results in a clear, professional and confidence-inspiring way.

Masterful manipulation and PivotTables (Excel next step 3)
Excel users who can already create basic SUM and arithmetic formulas. Those
who want to analyse data arranged in tables, which are often imported from other systems. Prior attendance at the
Powerful formulas and clear reporting (Excel next step 2) course is not mandatory, though it would be useful.

Automation and robustness (Excel next step 4)
Excel users who are already competent with formulas and formatting, and use Excel constantly. Prior attendance at the
Best practice essentials (Excel next step 1) course is not mandatory, though it would be useful. For those who have tasks that could be automated or who want to make spreadsheets easy and robust for others to use. Please note that the macros topic takes up over half of the course.

The courses cover Microsoft Excel releases XP(2002) through 2013.
Where there are differences among the covered releases, they are pointed out.

Course cancellation policy:

A course booking is considered final when received in writing (online, email, fax or post) by AbleOwl,
and can be cancelled up to ten working days before the course. After that, payment is expected in full
and no refund will be given. All cancellations must be notified in writing, i.e. post, fax or email.
Another delegate may be substituted at any time.